As we come closer to end of the year, let’s remind us about events that trended everywhere, events that had people all over the world talking about them. These events didn’t only trend online but they were the talk of the city. Some of these events involved people traveling to different countries to witness them, this created need for the hospitality industry and those running serviced accommodation businesses benefited most for example during the World Cup, many people flocked Russia.

Royal wedding

The wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle was held on 19 May 2018 in St George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle in the United Kingdom. The groom, Prince Harry, is a member of the British royal family; the bride, Meghan Markle, is an American and former actress.
This had the whole world talking and watching as it was broadcasted live on most of the television stations.
This attracted people from all around the World to witness hence creating market for property owners for example those who run serviced accommodation.

World cup.

Now the lovers of football understand me here. This was one of the biggest events all over the world that had different nations come together in Russia and battle it out in the field where France was crowned as the best football playing nation all over the world. They beat Croatia to take the title home. This caused economic activities up as masses flooded Russia and according to statistics serviced accommodation was booming from the time this tournament started to its end.

Death of 41st U.S. President George H. W. Bush.

Former US President George H.W Bush attends the 2010 Medal of Freedom in a ceremony of the East Room February 15, 2011 at the White House in Washington, DC.Photo by Olivier Douliery/ABACAUSA.com (Newscom TagID: abausaphotos414034) [Photo via Newscom]

This also shocked the whole world. He died on November 30th 2018 after struggling with health issues. He died after 7 months from the death of his wife Barbara Bush. For more details about this, kindly find it here.

The rise of Bobi Wine in Uganda.

Robert Kyagulanyi well known by his stage name as Bobi Wine is a prominent musician who last year took interest in politics and of course joined. He is a member of parliament and has come out to show interests into contesting for presidency again president Museveni, Uganda’s current president. This has gotten him beaten, accused of treason and jailed. People from allover the World protested against his arrest and codemned his imprisonment. For more about this, read the full article here.

Black Panther.

Yes, this is the movie that if you have not yet watched it yet, I recommend you watch it first before you read this portion of the blog.
This is a movie that trended everywhere and it is one of the highest rating movies on imdb.com. This movie added flavor to the movie industry from the time it was released upto now. Oh! By the way part 2 of this movie is in the making so I would argue you to look out for it.

These events are not arranged in order but i believe they are many more events that trended but these one attracted international attention.